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Ministry of Electronics & IT
Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive Scheme – 2.0 for IT Hardware
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware with a budgetary outlay Rs. 17,000 crore.
Context:
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- Electronics manufacturing in India has witnessed consistent growth with 17% CAGR in last 8 years. This year it crossed a major benchmark in production – 105 billion USD 
- India has become the world’s second largest manufacturer of mobile phones. Exports of mobile phones crossed a major milestone of 11 billion USD this year 
- The global electronics manufacturing ecosystem is coming to India, and India is emerging as a major electronics manufacturing country
- Building on the success of Production Linked Incentive scheme  for mobile phones, the Union Cabinet today approved PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT hardware
Salient features:
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- PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT hardware covers laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, servers and ultra small form factor devices
- The budgetary outlay of the scheme is Rs. 17,000 crore
- The tenure of this scheme is 6 years
- Expected incremental production is Rs. 3.35 Lakh crore
- Expected incremental investment is Rs. 2,430 crore
- Expected incremental direct employment is 75,000
Significance:
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- India is emerging as a trusted supply chain partner for all global majors. Large IT hardware companies have shown keen interest in establishing manufacturing facilities in India. This is further supported by strong IT services industry having good demand within the country.
- Most majors would like to supply domestic markets within India from a facility situated in India as well as make India an export hub.
Ministry of Education
NIT Goa to award degrees to 209 students at 8th Convocation on September 30
Goa, 28 September 2022
The 8th Convocation of NIT Goa will be held on September 30, 2022 at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan. Governor Shri. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai will be the Chief Guest and Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, The Director, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, will be the Guest of Honor. Director, NIT Prof Mugeraya informed that this year the institute will award B. Tech., M. Tech, and Ph.D. degrees to a total number of 209 students. 135 students will be awarded with B. Tech, 57 will be awarded M.Tech and 17 research students are going to receive their Ph.D.
Director, Prof. Mugeraya further informed that Undergraduate students have been placed in various well known companies with a maximum pay package of 44 Lakhs and an average package of Rs. 13 Lakhs per annum this year. In addition, more than 90% of PG students have been placed in various well-known companies with a maximum pay package of 21.69 Lakhs and an average package of Rs. 10.59 Lakhs per annum. A few others have taken admission in IITS, NITS and opted for the MS and Ph.D. programmes across the globe in top foreign universities. The institute has won 88th position in the Engineering category of the nation-wide NIRF assessment.
In the field of research, the institute has 43 projects worth nearly Rs.17 crores undertaken by the faculty members from various research funding bodies such as the Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. NIT Goa has also trained school teachers and Principals under "Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan , under "Unnat Bharat Abhiyan ". The Institute has adopted 5 villages in Goa for sustainable development and has conducted various programs there such as field visits, household and village level surveys, and online quizzes.
The Director also informed that NIT Goa will soon shift to its new campus in Cuncolim, Goa.PIB Panaji | GKS/S.Thakur/D.Rane
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Special Service and Features
A two days National Conference on Recent Trends on Green Energy Technologies
A two days National Conference on Recent Trends on Green Energy Technologies organized by Department of Green Energy Technology, Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies was inaugurated by Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Vice Chancellor of Pondicherry University Vice Chancellor
NCRTGET2022 was organized to commemorate the completion of the ten years of existence of the Department of Green Energy Technology at the Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies, Pondicherry University. The conference was held at the convention-cum-cultural centre of Pondicherry University. Prof.P.Elumalai, Convener of the conference stated that the goal of NCRTGET2022 was to offer an active forum for discussion amongscholars, researchers, academic peersand industry experts from all over India to exchange the ideas and research findings in the fields of renewable energy technologies. About 95 research papers and seventeen invited lectures were presented that included photovoltaic,energy storage, solar thermal, bioenergy, green building, wind energy, and efficient methods for energy production. In tune with current technological advancement in e-mobility, experts were drawn to talk onlithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors and e-vehicles. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor and Chief guest, Prof. Gurmeet Singh, stressed on the importance of both energy generation and its efficient means of storage. He added that the electric vehicle is a new addition to energy needs of the Nation and for its sustainable utility, electricity should be drawn from the renewable energy sources.The guest of honourProf. AnindaJiban Bhattacharyya of Indian Institute of Science Bangalore attributed energy consumption, generation and storage as triple arms of energy. He urged the scientists to work beyond lithium-ion based batteries to cater to the diverse energy needs of the society.
The organizing secretary Prof.B.M.Jaffar Ali informed that more than 200 budding researchers and postgraduate students from various institutions are participating in the event. About seventeen resource persons from premier institutions and laboratories across India. The conference was partly sponsored by South Asia Foundation, an UNESCO recognized non-profit organization founded by Amb. Madanjeet Singh. Madame Marquette France, Trustee, Madanjeet Foundation and SAF Representative to UNESCO, had graced the valediction of the conference on 9th December and distributed best paper presentation awards.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives in Tamil Nadu bus accident
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the loss of lives due to a bus accident in Nilgris district of Tamil Nadu and said that his thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families.
The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia from PMNRF of Rs. 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those injured.
The Prime Minister’s Office posted on X:
"Pained by the loss of lives due to a bus accident near Coonoor in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. Those injured would be given Rs. 50,000: PM @narendramodi"
Ministry of Defence
World's first solo motorcycle expedition in Northern Himalayan passes culminates
The world's first solo motorcycle expedition undertaken by Miss Kanchan Ugusandi, covering 18 treacherous passes in Northern Himalayan ranges culminated on Wednesday  at Seema Sadak Bhawan in New Delhi. The expedition was flagged off by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on June 11, 2021 from New Delhi.
The month-long expedition witnessed many firsts by a solo woman rider. Miss Ugusandi has become the first solo woman biker to scale the Umlingla Pass, the first woman to cover the 18 passes and also the first woman to traverse a distance of 3,187 kilometre from New Delhi-Manali-Leh -Umlingla-Delhi in one go.
The expedition was jointly flagged in by Director General Border Roads  Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhryand Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation  Shri SM Vaidya.Miss Ugusanditraversed the distance in 25 days and crossed 18 passes to include the world's highest motorable Umlingla pass at 19,300 feet made by Border Roads Organisation . On successful completion of the expedition, DGBR complemented Miss Ugusandifor her determination and perseverance in undertaking the expedition through extremely harsh terrain and also to honour the dauntless courage and supreme sacrifice of BRO Karmyogis for the development of road infrastructure in border areas.
The solo motorcycle expedition also played a pivotal role in promoting road and COVID safety awareness in border areas. The DGBR added that this unique motor cycle expedition demonstrates the strong resolve of Indian women, who are breaking stereotypes and taking the challenges which were hitherto not undertaken.It will also signify women empowerment, he said.
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Ministry of Law and Justice
Computerization of District Courts
The Government has launched the eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project for computerization of District and subordinate courts in the country with the objective of improving access to justice using technology. The Phase I of eCourts was concluded in 2015. Phase II of the project started in 2015 and 18,735 District & Subordinate courts have been computerised tillphase II. The detailed break-up of computerization of court complexes has been attached in Annexure-I.
A sum of Rs. 54.12 crore. have been released to Punjab and Haryana High Court under the e-Courts Project Phase-II for computerization of District and Subordinate Courts
The Department of Justice has been administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary since the year 1993-94. Though the primary responsibility of Infrastructure development for the subordinate judiciary rests with the State Governments, the Central Government through this CSS augments the resources of the State Governments by releasing financial assistance. The scheme presently covers construction of court buildings, residential quarters, digital computer rooms, toilets and lawyers’ halls in District and Subordinate Courts of all the States/UTs. The scheme allows new construction and upgradation or renovation of existing court buildings but does not allow routing maintenance or upkeep. A sum of Rs. 583.58 crore have been released to the State Government of Punjab under the scheme since 1993-94 which included a sum of Rs. 12.50 crore released during the current financial year.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law & Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
INDIA –SRILANKA ANNUAL BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE 
The 10th edition of IN-SLN bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-23 is scheduled at Colombo from 03 - 08 April 2023. The exercise is being conducted in two phases: the Harbour Phase from 03-05 April 2023, followed by a Sea Phase from 06-08 April 2023. Indian Navy is being represented by INS Kiltan, an indigenous Kamorta class ASW corvette and INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel. The Sri Lanka Navy is being represented by SLNS Gajabahu and SLNS Sagara. Maritime Patrol Aircraft, helicopters and Special Forces from both the sides would also participate in the exercise. The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Visakhapatnam from 07-12 March 2022.
SLINEX aims at enhancing interoperability, improving mutual understanding and exchanging best practices while jointly undertaking multi-faceted maritime operations. Professional, cultural and sporting events, as also social exchanges are planned during the harbour phase to further bolster the bonds of friendship and camaraderie between both the navies.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog signs SOI with MSDF to document Systemic Transformation in Education
The NITI Aayog and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation  today signed a Statement of Intent  to codify, document and share best practices to improve learning outcomes in public school education through systemic reforms, based on their collective experiences of working with various state governments in India.
The SOI was signed in the presence of Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, by Mr. Alok Kumar, Adviser , NITI Aayog and Mr. BarunMohanty, Managing Director , MSDF.
The NITI Aayog was established with the core mandate of promoting cooperative and competitive federalism through evidence-based policy reform and knowledge inputs. Since its inception, NITI Aayog has placed learning outcomes as a key focus area for establishing sustainable education systems.
As a part of this push, the School Education Quality Index  is being developed to rank states/UTs on educational outcomes, with a high weightage to learning outcomes. Further, NITI is implementing the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education  initiative to induce systemic transformation in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Education also forms a crucial component of the Aspirational Districts Programme, which seeks to improve status of education in the most underserved districts of India. Pursuing its mandate of disseminating best practices and knowledge sharing, partnerships with stakeholders in the development sphere are a continuing endeavour of the NITI Aayog.
Under this latest partnership, the NITI Aayog andthe Michael & Susan Dell Foundation will document the reforms pursued by various state governments thathave initiated systemic reforms in education and have begun to see improved learning outcomes over the past few years. Altogether, nearly 30 million children have been positively impacted across India through the systemic reforms in education in different states.
Under the agreement, a joint team comprising of state leaders, consultants, research agencies and educators shall work together to develop a ‘theory of change’ based on the learnings from the states and will document the impact on ground by commissioning third party studies to evaluate the impact of systemic reforms in education.
Improving learning outcomes at scale will require a coordinated and simultaneous effort with both academic and governance reforms.The key findings and takeaways from this exercise will be disseminated to relevant decision-makers and policymakers in other states after a consultative process of validating the same. This will be done through workshops and publications in the coming months.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
High Level Committee to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone “Taukte”
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India has set up a High Level Committee to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone “Taukte”. Several vessels of ONGC with more than 600 people on board, were stranded in offshore areas during cyclone “Tauktae”. The stranding, drifting and subsequent events have led to loss of several lives.
The Committee, comprising of Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping, Shri S.C.L. Das, Director General of Hydrocarbons, and Smt. NazliJafriShayin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence, has been constituted to inquire into the incidents. The Committee may co-opt any other member, and take assistance of any person it deems necessary.The Committee shall submit its report within one month.
The Terms of Reference of the Committee are:
- To Inquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding and drifting of these vessels, and subsequent events.
- Whether the warnings issued by Meteorological Department and other statutory authorities were adequately considered and acted upon.
- Whether the Standard Operating Procedures for securing the vessels and dealing with disaster management were adequately followed.
- Lapses and gaps in the systems leading to the stranding and drifting of the vessels.
- Recommendations to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
Ministry of Defence
Relief operations by Indian Army due to excessive rains in Nagpur
: Mumbai/Nagpur, September 23, 2023
Due to heavy rains in Nagpur and its adjoining areas, the city in areas of Ambazari, Sitabuldi, Mor Bhawan, Variety Chowk and other areas was flooded during early hours of the morning.
Indian Army flood relief columns from Headquarters Uttar Maharashtra & Gujrat Sub Area were requisitioned by the Dictrict Collector Nagpur in the morning. Two columns of Indian Army with Engineer equipment and boats were deployed in the area of Ambazari for flood rescue operations on 23 Sep morning. Indian Army rescued about 40 persons in all age categories and also provided them with medical aid. The situation is now under control.
However, in view of evolving flood situation in Nagpur, Kamptee and Chandrapur, the Indian Army teams have been put on alert by the Nagpur District Administration.
President's Secretariat
President of India in Madhya Pradesh; Graces a Function ‘One-Nation – One Health System is the need of Hour’ organized by the Arogya Bharati
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind graced and addressed a function on the subject ‘One-Nation – One Health System is the need of Hour’ organized by the Arogya Bharati in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President was happy to note that during the last two decades, Arogya Bharti has been working in an organized manner with a holistic approach of making citizens healthy. He also noted that the thinking of Arogya Bharti is very clear and simple - when every individual is healthy, all the families will be healthy; if each family is healthy then every village and every city will be healthy and thus the whole country will be healthy. He praised Arogya Bharati for expanding its activities at the national level.
The President said that under the National Health Policy announced in the year 2017, Government aims to make quality health services accessible to all at an affordable cost. It is also the aim of this policy to arrange health facilities for all in a comprehensive and holistic manner. He said that to achieve these goals, the cooperation of all sections of the society, especially the aware citizens, along with the participation of government and private sector institutions is essential. In this context, Arogya Bharti has made a very positive effort by raising awareness among the people and by bringing together people from all medical systems. Arogya Bharti is working in line with the national goal of prioritizing 'preventive and promotive' healthcare by paying special attention to prevention of modern lifestyle diseases.
Please click here to see the President's Speech in Hindi
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Stellar line up of movies for international competition during 51st IFFI
51st International Film Festival of India has released the line-up of international movies for competition during the festival. The best of the feature length fiction films from all over the world are selected to compete in the section. It is one of the most important sections of the festival that features some of the best films of the year and these 15 films compete for the Golden Peacock and other awards.
The movies that are part of the stellar line up include
- The Domain by Tiago Guedes
- Into The Darkness by Anders Refn
- February by KamenKalev
- My Best Part by Nicolas Maury
- I Never Cry by Piotr Domalewski
- La Veronica by Leonardo Medel
- Light For The Youth by Shin Su-won
- Red Moon Tide by Lois Patiño
- Dream About Sohrab by Ali Ghavitan
- The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night by RaminRasouli
- The Silent Forest by KO Chen-Nien
- The Forgotten by Daria Onyshchenko
- Bridge by KripalKalita
- A Dog And His Man by SiddharthTripathy
- Thaen by Ganesh Vinayakan
These films will compete for various categories of awards, viz:
- Best Film  – this award carries a cash prize of Rs. 40,00,000/- to be shared equally between the Director and Producer. The Director will receive the Golden Peacock and a Certificate in addition to the cash component. The Producer will receive a Certificate in addition to the cash component.
- Best Director: Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs.15,00,000/-
- Best Actor : Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs10,00,000/-
- Best Actor : Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs10,00,000/-
- Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock, Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 15,00,000/- given to a film  or an individual . The award, if given to a film, will be given to the Director of the film.
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Ministry of Defence
President Shri Ram Nath Kovind Witnesses Naval Operations Demonstrations & Visits IAC Vikrant
(Kochi: Dec 22, 2021
President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind today witnessed Naval Operations Demonstration in the Ernakulam channel, which showcased naval prowess and operations. He was accompanied by Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammad Khan and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice Admiral M. A. Hampiholi.
The 40 minute event displayed the combat capability of ships and aircrafts which included simulated beaching reconnaissance and assault, high speed runs by fast interceptor crafts, shore bombardment and cargo sling operations by Naval helicopters. The highlights of the day were manning of the yard and arms of the Sail Training Ship ‘Tarangini’ along with steam past by Naval ships which manoeuvred in a column formation shouting Three Jai in the honour of the President. The event concluded with a performance by the Naval band and a fly past.
The President also visited the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘Vikrant’ under construction at Cochin Shipyard Ltd... This was the Supreme Commander’s first visit to the ship. He was provided a first-hand brief on the progress of trials towards commissioning of the ship. The President expressed satisfaction at the progress and appreciated the efforts of the Indian Navy and Cochin Shipyard towards development of indigenous capabilities in shipbuilding as a shining example of the nation’s quest for ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’.
Ministry of Finance
Issue of GST late fee for the past period  to be discussed in the next GST Council meeting
In the recent past, tweets have been noticed by the Government on the issue of waiver of late fee applicable on non-filing of GSTR 3B returns. The demands are largely for the waiver of late fee for the returns which were required to be filed from the beginning of Goods & Services Tax  i.e. August, 2017.
It may be noted that for helping the small businesses having turnover less than Rs 5 crore in the current situation arising out of COVID-19, Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman had already announced extension of GST returns of February, March, April and May 2020 till June 2020. No late fee will be charged for this period.
The current requests for waiver of late fee pertain to the old period . It may be appreciated that the late fee is imposed to ensure that the taxpayers file return in time and pay taxes on the amount collected from buyers and due to the Government. This is a step to ensure that a certain discipline is maintained regarding compliance. Honest and compliant taxpayers would be discriminated negatively in the absence of such a provision.
In GST, all decisions are taken by the Centre and the State with the approval of the GST Council. It would not be possible or desirable for the Central Government to unilaterally take a view on this issue and therefore, the trade is informed that the issue of late fee would be taken up for discussion in the next GST Council meeting.